Wilcox v. Paddock
Michigan Supreme Court
Certiorari to the judge of probate of Gratiot county. (Paddock, J.) Petition to quash proceedings for the appointment of a special commissioner under Act No. 94, Laws of 1885. Proceedings quashed. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtMorse, J.
The petitioner is a resident and freeholder in the township of Essex, Clinton county. She owns 80 acres of land, the most of which is wild and uncultivated, situated along the Maple river. It is valued at $1,200, and incumbered for $1,000.
By proceedings taken in the probate court of Gratiot county, under Act 94 of the Session Laws of 1885 to improve the Maple river, a tax has been assessed against her said land in the sum of $102.24. She brings said proceedings by writ of certiorari to this Court for review.
The act in question was approved May 13, 1885. It was entitled—
“An act making an…
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